Labor conditions and the meanings of nursing work in Barcelona

Abstract

Objective:to analyze the relationship between the quantitative assessment of working conditions and the qualitative perception of one’s own work experience. Method:a sample of 1,760 nursing professionals from Barcelona answered a questionnaire assessing their working conditions and summarized their own current work experience in five key words. Results:the textual corpus of the meanings of nursing work included 8043 lexical forms, which were categorized and codified. Respondents who rated their work conditions the highest expressed a vision of their work in terms of autonomy, achievement and well-being, while those who rated their work conditions the lowest talked mostly of exhaustion, depersonalization and negative climate. A correspondence analysis showed a close relationship between the quantitative assessments of working conditions and the verbal codes of the meaning of work. Conclusions:the meanings given to work were not only consistent with the numerical evaluations of the working conditions but also made them more understandable. The information obtained poses challenges for reflection and indicates ways to promote the positive aspects and prevent the negative conditions of nursing work.

Burnout syndrome in Brazilian and Spanish nursing workers

“…However, burnout and other psychic disorders have been the target of investigations from the perspective of working conditions analysis and detailing of the variables that permeate this construct ( 8 - 11 ) . In this sense, organizational issues in Brazilian and European Nursing work have also been reflected in the physical and mental illness of workers due to adverse working conditions aggravated by the recent economic crisis, which exposed the workers of these scenarios to increased work overload, poor dimensioning of human resources, increased informal ties and fear of unemployment ( 8 , 10 , 12 ) .…”

Factors related to the risk of illness of nursing staff at work in a psychiatric institution

“…Nursing still appears as the professional category that performs the longest working day among health care professionals (29) . A study revealed that, despite positively understanding their work as a care relationship, nursing workers recognize the deficiencies and deficits associated with the organization and working conditions -such as work overload, lack of autonomy and deficit of staff and material -, thus pointing to an ambivalent work (30) . It is important to highlight that long working days were associated with inadequate working conditions, work overload and stress (31) .…”

Analysis of professional implication as a tool of permanent education in health

“…Another characteristic that emerged in the organizational dimension of professional implications was the time devoted to the development of EPS support and articulation roles. Other studies have also identified that short time, justified by a hard work routine of health professionals, represents one of the challenges for the development of EPS articulation ( 25 ) and the professional practice of nurses ( 26 - 27 ) .…”